"Wounded Bird" was written for Stephen Stills, about the pains he was going through in his relationship with Judy Collins. "Better Days" was also written for Stills, after Rita Coolidge left him for Nash.[5]
A first-generation compact disc was released in the late 1980s, and reissued in 2011. A remixed version supervised by Nash was issued on 180-gram vinyl only by Classic Records in 2001. A deluxe edition of Songs for Beginners was released on 23 September 2008 as a CD+DVD-Audio pack, featuring a bonus multichannel high resolution audio, all new 2008 video interview with Nash, plus a photo gallery and complete lyrics along with the 11-track CD album remastered.[6]
The song "Simple Man" features in the opening sequence of the 2007 film Reign Over Me, and a copy of the album appears in it. The same song was also used in the final minutes of the finale of the HBO series Looking. The song "Better Days" appears in episode 2 of Fox TV's The Passage, released in 2019.[7] A demo version of "Be Yourself" plays during the closing credits of the film Up in the Air. "Military Madness" has been covered live by Death Cab For Cutie, and was covered by indie-rock band Woods on their 2009 album Songs of Shame.
In 2018, the song "Better Days" was used as the closing credit song in the Showtime miniseries Escape at Dannemora, Episode 7.[8] In 2021, "Better Days" was played over the closing credits of the HBO Max series Hacks, Episode 6.[9]
Graham Nash — vocals; guitar all tracks except "Better Days" and "Simple Man"; piano on "Better Days", "Simple Man", "Chicago" and "We Can Change the World"; organ on "Better Days", "There's Only One", "Chicago" and "We Can Change the World"; paper and comb on "Sleep Song"; tambourine on "Chicago" and "We Can Change the World"
Rita Coolidge — piano on "Be Yourself" and "There's Only One"; electric piano on "Be Yourself"; backing vocals on "Military Madness", "Better Days", "Simple Man", "There's Only One", "Chicago" and "We Can Change the World"
John Barbata — drums on "Military Madness", "I Used to Be a King", "Be Yourself", "Man in the Mirror", "There's Only One", "Chicago" and "We Can Change the World"; tambourine on "Chicago"
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^"Season 1E6 · New Eyes". HBO Max. 13 March 2021. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
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This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Songs for Beginners news newspapers books scholar JSTOR October 2011 Learn how and when to remove this template message Songs for Beginners is the debut solo studio album by English singer songwriter Graham Nash Released in May 1971 it was one of four high profile albums all charting within the top fifteen released by each member of Crosby Stills Nash amp Young in the wake of their chart topping Deja Vu album of 1970 along with After the Gold Rush Neil Young September 1970 Stephen Stills Stephen Stills November 1970 and If I Could Only Remember My Name David Crosby February 1971 Songs for Beginners peaked at No 15 on the Billboard Top Pop Albums chart and the single Chicago made it to No 35 on the Billboard Hot 100 It has been certified a gold record by the RIAA 4 Songs for BeginnersStudio album by Graham NashReleased28 May 1971Recorded1970 1971Wally Heiders Studio III Los Angeles and Studio C San FranciscoGenreFolk rock country rockLength32 13LabelAtlanticProducerGraham NashGraham Nash chronologySongs for Beginners 1971 Wild Tales 1974 Professional ratingsReview scoresSourceRatingAllMusic 1 AllMusic CD DVD 2 Rolling Stone favorable 3 Contents 1 History 2 Track listing 3 Personnel 4 Charts 5 Certification 6 ReferencesHistory editNash brought in an impressive group of guests to assist in the recording including David Crosby Jerry Garcia Phil Lesh Dave Mason David Lindley Rita Coolidge and Neil Young under Young s early 1970s pseudonym Joe Yankee The making of this album directly followed Nash s break up with longtime girlfriend Joni Mitchell Many of the songs are about their time together The Top 40 track Chicago concerned both the 1968 Democratic National Convention and the trial of the Chicago Eight articulating the outrage Nash felt concerning those proceedings Wounded Bird was written for Stephen Stills about the pains he was going through in his relationship with Judy Collins Better Days was also written for Stills after Rita Coolidge left him for Nash 5 A first generation compact disc was released in the late 1980s and reissued in 2011 A remixed version supervised by Nash was issued on 180 gram vinyl only by Classic Records in 2001 A deluxe edition of Songs for Beginners was released on 23 September 2008 as a CD DVD Audio pack featuring a bonus multichannel high resolution audio all new 2008 video interview with Nash plus a photo gallery and complete lyrics along with the 11 track CD album remastered 6 The song Simple Man features in the opening sequence of the 2007 film Reign Over Me and a copy of the album appears in it The same song was also used in the final minutes of the finale of the HBO series Looking The song Better Days appears in episode 2 of Fox TV s The Passage released in 2019 7 A demo version of Be Yourself plays during the closing credits of the film Up in the Air Military Madness has been covered live by Death Cab For Cutie and was covered by indie rock band Woods on their 2009 album Songs of Shame In 2018 the song Better Days was used as the closing credit song in the Showtime miniseries Escape at Dannemora Episode 7 8 In 2021 Better Days was played over the closing credits of the HBO Max series Hacks Episode 6 9 Track listing editAll tracks are written by Graham Nash except Be Yourself written with Terry ReidSide oneNo TitleLength1 Military Madness 2 502 Better Days 3 473 Wounded Bird 2 094 I Used to Be a King 4 455 Be Yourself 3 03 Side twoNo TitleLength1 Simple Man 2 182 Man in the Mirror 2 473 There s Only One 3 554 Sleep Song 2 575 Chicago 2 556 We Can Change the World 1 00Personnel editGraham Nash vocals guitar all tracks except Better Days and Simple Man piano on Better Days Simple Man Chicago and We Can Change the World organ on Better Days There s Only One Chicago and We Can Change the World paper and comb on Sleep Song tambourine on Chicago and We Can Change the World Rita Coolidge piano on Be Yourself and There s Only One electric piano on Be Yourself backing vocals on Military Madness Better Days Simple Man There s Only One Chicago and We Can Change the World Jerry Garcia pedal steel guitar on I Used to Be a King and Man in the Mirror Neil Young piano on Better Days Man in the Mirror and I Used to Be a King Dorian Rudnytsky cello on Simple Man and Sleep Song Dave Mason electric guitar on Military Madness David Crosby electric guitar on I Used to Be a King Joel Bernstein piano on Military Madness Bobby Keys saxophone on There s Only One David Lindley fiddle on Simple Man Sermon Posthumas bass clarinet on Better Days Chris Ethridge bass on Man in the Mirror There s Only One Chicago and We Can Change the World Calvin Fuzzy Samuels bass on Military Madness Better Days and Be Yourself Phil Lesh bass on I Used to Be a King John Barbata drums on Military Madness I Used to Be a King Be Yourself Man in the Mirror There s Only One Chicago and We Can Change the World tambourine on Chicago Dallas Taylor drums on Better Days P P Arnold backing vocals on Military Madness Venetta Fields Sherlie Matthews Clydie King Dorothy Morrison backing vocals on There s Only One Chicago and We Can Change the World Production personnelGraham Nash producer Bill Halverson Russ Gary Larry Cox recording engineers Glyn Johns Mixing Doug Sax mastering Gary Burden art direction Joel Bernstein Graham Nash photographyCharts editChart 1971 Peak positionUS Billboard Top LPs 10 15UK Album Charts 11 13Canadian RPM 100 Albums 12 11Dutch MegaCharts Albums 13 4Australian Go Set Top 20 Albums 14 11Norwegian VG Lista Album Charts 15 13Swedish Kvallstoppen Chart 16 10US Cash Box Top 100 Albums 17 10US Record World Album Chart 18 11 Singles Sales chart performance for singles from Songs For Beginners Year Single Chart Position1971 Chicago US Billboard Hot 100 10 35Canada Top Singles RPM 12 19Australia Go Set Charts 19 32US Top Singles Cash Box 17 29US Top Singles Record World 20 29German GFK Charts 21 45Belgium Charts 21 29 Military Madness US Billboard Hot 100 10 73Canada Top Singles RPM 12 57Australia Go Set Charts 22 20US Top Singles Cash Box 17 66US Top Singles Record World 20 73 I Used To Be A King US Billboard Hot 100 10 111US Top Singles Record World 20 117Certification editRegion Certification Certified units salesUnited States RIAA 23 Gold 500 000 Shipments figures based on certification alone References edit Jurek Thom Songs for Beginners at AllMusic Jurek Thom Songs for Beginners at AllMusic Kaye Lenny 22 July 1971 Album Reviews Graham Nash Songs for Beginners Rolling Stone Archived from the original on 2 October 2007 RIAA database retrieved 26 August 2014 Edgers Geoff 17 September 2019 What pushed Graham Nash the quiet one to record his solo masterpiece The Washington Post Retrieved 6 June 2020 Amazon com Songs for Beginners CD DVD Audio Graham Nash Watch the Passage Season 1 Prime Video Amazon Escape at Dannemora Episode Guide Part 7 Showtime Retrieved 6 June 2020 Season 1E6 New Eyes HBO Max 13 March 2021 Retrieved 4 August 2021 a b c d Stephen Stills Billboard Retrieved 5 July 2020 STEPHEN STILLS full Official Chart History Official Charts Company www officialcharts com Retrieved 5 July 2020 a b c Canada Library and Archives 16 April 2013 The RPM story www bac lac gc ca Retrieved 5 July 2020 Hung Steffen Stephen Stills Stephen Stills hitparade ch Retrieved 5 July 2020 Kent David 1993 Australian Chart Book 1970 1992 Graham Nash Songs For Beginners hitparade ch hitparade ch Retrieved 19 December 2020 Swedish Charts PDF a b c CASH BOX MAGAZINE Music and coin machine magazine 1942 to 1996 worldradiohistory com Retrieved 5 July 2020 RECORD WORLD MAGAZINE 1942 to 1982 worldradiohistory com Retrieved 5 July 2020 Go Set Australian charts 25 March 1972 www poparchives com au Retrieved 24 December 2020 a b c RECORD WORLD MAGAZINE 1942 to 1982 worldradiohistory com Retrieved 5 July 2020 a b swedishcharts com Graham Nash Chicago swedishcharts com Retrieved 24 December 2020 Go Set Australian charts 25 March 1972 www poparchives com au Retrieved 24 December 2020 American album certifications Graham Nash Songs For Beginners Recording Industry Association of America Retrieved 9 June 2016 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Songs for Beginners amp oldid 1177566664, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
